THE RISK of the deadly coronavirus hitting the UK is on the RISE after sweeping through Asia, the Government said today.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock issued a stark public warning as anger rose over the lack of checks on passengers arriving from the 'Ground Zero' of Wuhan in China, whereHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the chances of the virus coming to the UK have increasedHe said the risk of the virus, which has killed 17 people and infected 550, is rising in the UK despiteMr Hancock said: "There is an increased likelihood cases may arise in this country, [but] we are well prepared and well...
But he said there were no confirmed cases of the infection in the UK so far, but officials were "closely monitoring" the situation in China. He said the government had already put in precautionary measures to deal with the virus if it does reach the UK. The risk of the virus spreading to the UK has been raised from "very low" to "low", but there has been anMr Hancock said the NHS was ready to respond to any cases of coronavirus, which has spread to hundreds of patients across six countries in the past few weeks.
Sure , thE NHS has been so abused it’s in a shambolic state, years of cuts has left it and our country helpless
Urgent!All flights were cancelled at Wuhan except those flights to Urumqi (capital city of East Turkistan). Departed.Request International journalists to find out why those flights were not cancelled and they arrived Urumqi this morning(local time).
Really! They will have to build hundreds of isolation hospitals. This is not a common cold or flu, people in China are dropping like flies. Potential worse than Ebola!!